Tobacco Education and Research Oversight Committee.

Existing law establishes the Tobacco Education and Research Oversight Committee to advise the State Department of Public Health and the State Department of Education on policy development, integration, and evaluation of tobacco education programs. Under existing law, the committee is required to create a comprehensive master plan, based on the results of specified programs and other proven methodologies, with the goal of achieving a 75% reduction in tobacco consumption in California by 1999. Existing law requires the committee to submit the master plan to the Legislature biennially. Existing law requires the State Department of Education to make periodic reports to the committee about the status and funding of specified tobacco education programs. This bill would change the date for the master plan's goal of 75% reduction of tobacco consumption to 2030. The bill would require that the submission of the master plan to the Legislature occur by January 1 biennially. The bill would also require the committee to report to the Legislature, on or before January 1 of each year, specified information about funding received and spent by the State Department of Public Health, the State Department of Education, the University of California, the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, the Department of Justice, and the State Department of Health Care Services. The bill would require that the State Department of Education's periodic reports to the committee on the status and funding of specified programs occur every 6 months.